The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-05-14
HteHals of Interest.

New Iberia has a national bank with capi-
of $4,000.
Capital punishment has been abolished in
!. A colored minister of Greenwood, Ark,
aged 1902 years, has just been married to
blusbiBg miss of 20 summers.
Let woman read all the advertisements
and the poetry in newspaper and she doesn'e
care what they put in the news column.
The celebration of Pope Leo's fftieth year
in the priesthood will occur December 81, and
will be observed by the entire Catholic world.
Houma Fire Co. No. /, of Houma, received
d new steam engine ON Sunday, the 24th ult.
It is d third class engine of the Silsby Co.'S
make.
The Bienville New Era says that Charlton is
spreading rapidly in Morehouse parish, and
has already caused the death of a number OF
mules.
Judge W. A. Seay of Shreveport has resign
ed his position as United States Minister to
Bolivia, on account of ill health, and is ex-
pected home early in June.
The merchants of Shreveport are protesting
vigorously against the Interstate Commerce
Law, which they declare has Increased
freights at that point thirty per cent.
The New York Sun nominates the following
presidential ticket for 1888: For President,
David Bennett Hill, of New York; for Vice
President, j. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky.
Pittsburg Chronicle. Herald: From all that
can be learned in regard to Mr.. Cleyelands
declaration about q second term. it appears
that if he can't have one he doesn't want one.
The Houston tTexas) Herald pablishes lists
of the papers for and against prohlbition.
The prohibition list is much the largest IN the
number of papers, though all the big daiiies
of the big cities are anti-prohibition
tabo Tbn frnr1hla ia nnt
with the new interstate commerce law, but
with the freight rates which the railroads
have adopted contrary to the intent OF the
law. The law is based on equity
A. Lehman & Co. recently purchased the
entire stock of dry goods belonging to w d;
Letchford, New Orleans, for about 100000
cash. This is the largest transaction IN dry
goods that New Orleans ever had.
Capitolian Advocate: Capt. G.. c. Duson,
the able and energetic sheriff of St. Landry
parish, was at the Capitol last Saturday max
ing his settlement with the State for the quar-
ter Just closed, which shows that he has al
ready collected $4,000, being Ss per cent OF
his tax roll of 1886.
A special to the Times Democrat from Mon
roe, oil date MAJ 3, states that charbon, a dis
ease peculiar to stock, has broken out among
the people in a certain section of Ouach ita
parish. 1t is supposed that the disease IS
communicated to human beings by gnats ana
mosquitoes which have bitten diseased stock'
Having failed to make any body believe that
| the friends of the State Administration open
! ed the campaign, the Shreveport Times grace
| fully subsidies as follows:
| The material interests of the State. we wish
it remembered, are suffering from the dronth /;
| it is not the premature opening of the state
campaign that causes the trouble.
! The ancient Roman cofiR, according to
Pliny, was generally OF stone. In some cases
| it was of peculiar kind of stone, which was
claimed to have the faculty of destroying the
entire body with the exception of the teeth,
| in forty days. Hence the name "sareopha-
gus" literally meaning flesh eater The stone
ia now supposed to have been species OF
| limestone
| Cleveland Leader. Rep. The abolition OF
the franking privilege prepared the way and
made possible q one.third reduction in postal
rates. The abolition of the pass privilege,
enormously greater and more costly than the
other, both absolutely and proportionately
| should bring about at an early day not less
| than onethird reduction in railway passen'
/ ger rates.
Marksyille Bulletin: A horse belonging 70
Mr.. John w Cooper living few miles south
/ of this place went mad last week and died IN
| a few hours Several cases OF this kind have
occurred lately in this neighborhoO at y Z
we'll for our people to be careful how they ai
/ low 6HctE G0II0EGu L0SGuIuE6 away HUN noakAO
These mad animals may have bitten others
which in time will develop like ailments.
Lee was above them all. Lee was the peer
less man and soldier. His figure towers like
q colossus above all his contemporaries-the
/ greatest soldier, the greatest man Of the c1vi
! war. His was an example of unlmpaireC
strength to the last His character neve
lapsed from the consistent dignity that made
him what Wolsely painted him. and this vii
be the verdict of history.-Memphis Appeal
N. o. Picayune May 10: The wonders ant
possibilities of the glorious climate OF Loaisl
sBa, and New Orleans in peculiar, IN frni
raising, have been brought TO the attention
of the Picayune by the presentation ut tbi
i time of pair of handsome pears. full grown
4 and ripe, which were picked yesterday iron
young tree--which is bearing 100 pears thi
year-belonging to Mrs. Jno. Schrenk, Nc
305 Cleveland street.
(, Batou Rouge Capitolian Advocate: 'tW
are pleased to learn that one of the cleveres
4 cadets at the Louisiana State University AM
Agricultural College is the son of the lat
name tor his able and gallant defense of Por
Hudson during the late war. Young GARD
ner lie also the grandson of ex-Gov. M0utor
The old soldiers who served under the gailan
. father Of this young man will feel just prid
and pleasure in his splendid success at school.
A telegram to the Picayune dated Bato
Rouge, May 7, says: Auditor Steele inform
your correspondent that, with the exceptio
q of seven, all tax collectors throughout th
State have rendered their settlements Tor th
quarter ending March 81, 1887.
Sheriff Duson, of ST. Landry, has collecte
S23 900 of his tax rell. which this year amount
y to $4,000. He has also returned to tue Aud
E tors Office d correct roll of all taxable prope
u in the parish, q work requiring much J.
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